WASHINGTON, USA – Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares claim eighth title together. The only remaining seeds in the draw after the first round the Brit/Brazilian fought their way to the trophy.

Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares entered Citi Open and were seeded fourth. Their first round opponents were Karen Khachanov & Lucas Pouille. The Russian/French pairing got a jump on the fourth seeds and broke to take the first set. Khachanov & Pouille stayed with the seeds in the second set, however it was Murray & Soares that finally broke serve to level the match. The fourth seeds went on to edge the match tiebreak and make the quarter-final 4-6, 7-5, 10-7.

In the quarter-final Murray & Soares faced Divij Sharan & Artem Sitak. The Indian/Kiwi pairing managed to break serve of the seeds holding on to take the set. The Brit/Brazilian re-grouped in the second set and more or less broke at will to level the match. Once again a match tiebreak was needed, this time Murray & Soares eased through taking their spot in the semi-final 4-6, 6-1, 10-5.

The semi-final saw the fourth seeds up against Raven Klaasen & Michael Venus. The South African/Kiwi pair stayed toe to toe with Murray & Soares in the first set, eventually the seeds secured the break of serve to take the first set. In the second set Klaasen & Venus forced a tiebreak but the seeds dominated to take the match in straight sets 7-5, 7-6(2).

In the final the Brit/Brazilian were up against Mike Bryan & Edouard Roger-Vasselin. The American/French pair were able to get the better start and broke the fourth seeds taking the first set. The seeds re-grouped in the second set and levelled up by breaking Bryan & Roger-Vasselin. It would be a match tiebreak to decide where the title went. Murray & Soares secured the title with lob from the Brazilian taking the match 3-6, 6-3, 10-4.